Film Annotations: Assessing Environmental Educational Value

Ineffective communication about environmental problems is part of the matrix of factors that make sustainability difficult. To deepen our understanding of this, this course revolves around analysis and production of media representations of environmental problems and sustainability. To refine your sense of what kinds of media representations are effective, you will complete 15 film annotations. Notes on the final annotation question, about what gives a film environmental education value, are listed below

9. What could have been added to this film to enhance its environmental educational value?
• Does the film convey different perspectives on the issues?
• Is it overly “balanced”?
• Does it enhance scientific literacy? If so, what kind of scientific literacy is promoted?
• Does it enroll viewers, or preach at them?
• Does it include images or examples that are likely to stick with viewers?

• Consider what other questions could be added to this list **